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Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s parent struck a $6.9 billion deal Wednesday to acquire Pepco Holdings Inc., 16 years after BGE walked away from a protracted effort to buy its southern neighbor. Chicago-based Exelon Corp.'s purchase of Pepco Holdings Inc. in Washington would extend its presence substantially in both Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic. But analysts warned that this second attempt at combining Maryland's two biggest utilties could be difficult to consummate because it requires approval from regulators in three states and D.C. To make the deal more palatable, Exelon turned to its playbook for the successful 2012 acquisition of BGE owner Constellation Energy,...

In addition to having a hand on the nation's checkbook, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski is reaping a political reward from her new assignment as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee: a significant increase in campaign cash.
The Maryland Democrat, who is...

Parachute jumpers, a 16-year-old daredevil and a sleeping security guard have made the site of the nation's tallest building -- and the nation's worst terrorist attack -- look dangerously easy to breach.
On Friday, the security chief for New York...

HOUSTON--A third person injured in last week's South by Southwest crash has died.
Sandy Thuy Le, 26, had been treated at University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, where relatives announced her death Monday.
“The Le family and care team are sorry...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal prosecutors have broadened their criminal investigation of state environmental regulators after a massive coal ash spill Feb. 2 that contaminated the Dan River in North Carolina, issuing 20 more subpoenas demanding documents...

Some see war and peace as opposites. But at one point, former U.S. Marine Capt. Rye Barcott found himself fully committed to serving both.
In 2000, the ROTC scholarship recipient from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill traveled to Kibera,...